USING AN ONLINE COURSE TO PREPARE FACULTY TO TEACH ONLINE: FACULTY PERSPECTIVES Britt Watwood, William “Bud” Deihl, Joyce Kincannon, David A. McLeod Virginia Commonwealth University January 12, 2012
USING AN ONLINE COURSE TO PREPARE FACULTY TO TEACH ONLINE:
FACULTY PERSPECTIVES
Britt Watwood, William “Bud” Deihl,
Joyce Kincannon, David A. McLeod
Virginia Commonwealth University
January 12, 2012
Who's Here?Who is Here?
GROWTH OF ONLINE NATIONALLY
Allen and Seaman (2011) Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011
NEED FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
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Allen and Seaman (2011) Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011
ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
One week F2F institute on pedagogy in May Two week online course as student in July
2010 – Quality Matters BYOC 2011 – Home Grown Course
Peer groups / consultation for course development through Fall and Spring
MAY INSTITUTE
ONLINE COURSE EXPERIENCE
Two WeeksIs
Too Short
http://communitiesofinquiry.com/model
Community of Inquiry
Community of Inquiry
Community of Inquiry
Community of Inquiry
Preparation
Interaction
Evaluation
Preparation
Preparation
Preparation
Preparation
Preparation to Learn:• Key Questions• Learning Outcomes• Task List• Tool Tutorial• Group Assignments
Interaction
Interaction
Inte
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INTERACTION
INTERACTION TO LEARN
Student with contentStudent to student Student with instructorStudent with self
Eva
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Evaluation
Evaluation
Evaluation
Evaluation
Assessment andSelf-Reflection
QUESTIONS ?
THANK YOU